Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-15


Were converting with him NJ the moment
oftbe crash. RYAN was hali-turned In his
.eat a. be talked, and moment alter
the wreck when saw him again he wts &C.
u,ally rup through sud through by splint-
~ IRON the bottom Of the car. Ny mother
and were lastened m between our seat and
l,ytn's. but managed 10 break on kyin's
.ert and release ourselves. Ny mother b al
tented, and ut frstI thought she was dead.
I uuiIpd her out through The window and
lie soon revived in tue opcn air. then
occurred q carriage aud sent her home, and
gcvOtcd myself to helping releisc other
,ass,ngors. fbe slgUt smong tbe debris
oas horrible. There were many people
icrd, pinned down by timbcrs; miny
aorBdC d, AID aIl wefo horribly mingled. |
~ one n.sn working ike a Trojsn 10
nelp others. The top OF his scalp and his
len car were nearly torn from his
head. end be vas covered with blood. hut
ne did rot realize IL After all hid been
,enioyed from the car ne was working In
some one told bin tbat be must be badly
hurt himself. He said be thought not;
ihst he had only received scratch lie
put his hand 10 his head aud tue next mo-
mont fainIed away, and was conveyed 10
ncIghboiipg house. tie was pretty badly
burt. The train was runniag at good
NEED. tut had slowed up some a. IL
uepr,d the junction at Forest Hill. The
qulcl<neSs With which the crash came was
iCnmrkable. It pme ia an Instant like Il
lash Of lightning"
A curious feature 0ithe disaster IL found
in be- fact that the entire bridge vent down
with The wreck. Not 4 scrap OF ir)u re-
NAMED sitoched to the abutment-, and but
Tor the chasm aud the awful wreck be-
rcaih there WIS nothing 10 indicate that
fntge bad once spanned the abyss. rhe
wreck Of The bridge lay under the debriS
" ihe train. almost completely shut out
iron view. Lying by the side OF one OF the
.plIntered cars was one OF the main iron
gIrdeIs Of the bridge. which shovel q
clean. new fracture through it, entire
breadth NJ the point Of junction OF two OF
is parts. This girder was composed oil two
parallel plates OF heavy wrought iron con-
urcted by braces OF wrought iron, aGd the
whole securely bolted.
TIE CAUSE or THE DISASTER.
The o ,inion is generally expressed by
those who have personally inspected the
wreck that the breaking OF this glrder was
The undoubted cause OF the disaste-, but
breaking OF the girder. II has been stated
Nv some that there was jarrng and
umninc sensation just previous 10 tue
crash, which gives color to the theory that
he fourth car, the first tO 20 through the
ridge. was dcrIilcd and thrown
from its tracks to the ties OF The
lridge with such force a. 10 cause
is heavy iron supports TO give way. The
nrokCn.axlc and brOSen.rail theories find
supporters, but the wreck Of the bridge
md ears is so complete that it Is doubt-
ui II il can ever he determined just what
eau. ed the disaster. Tue bridge was built
fifteen years ago, and during the past ten
years has been repaired three times-the
original wooden trUsses having been re-
placed with iron eirders some ten years
rgO.
Workmen have been busily engaged al!
day in removing the debris from the street
md nom the embankment. No attempt
vas made to save any portion OF the train.
TERRIBLE DETAILS.
At late hour in the day, as the work OF
,moyipg the wreck was progressing, addl-
onaI evidences were found OF the terrible
nature OF the disaster. In some places
aere fragments OF flesh or pieces OF cloth
ing, which had belonged to some victim
ahose remains had been previously re-
moved to the morgue. There was blood over
everything, scarcely splinter being re-
moved that was not staiued with the blood
of the victims. Most OF the pieces OF cloth
ing found were from garments OF women,
the number OF whom on the tram was much
larger than that Of the men, and the fatal
ity among them proportiOnalely greater.
I'm one place the bodies OF seven women
were aiken out IN a row, all horribly man.
eIed. One woman was cut completely Ia
Two, the upper half Of her body only beng
found.
A PATHETIC SIGHT
was that OF two girls with their arms
abound one another, clinging together in
The embrace OF death. Both had been killed
by blows upon the head. In many In
,lances axes and crOwbarS were necessary
in order to free persons who were pinloned
i'm the wreck. In two eases 1t was neCes'
.pIy 10 cut two OF the bodies in order to
Get them ont. They were already crushed
cut OF any semblapce TO human shape, and
were so tightly Wedged in that they could
be removed III no Other way. One old lady
was taken from car unlnIuIed, but
with her clothing torn TO sdreds,
and presenting generally a for.orn appear
suce. She said that the women 10 her car
seemed to be panlcstricken at the moment
the crssh occurred. They all screamed aud
.houted, praying for release. She sAw one
woman dying in u seat. while another
roman had her bead plIlowed on the d'ing
woman's breast. one Of the most terrible
scenes atthe accident was that presented To
| those who hfst hurried TO the street Under
he bridge. The headless trunk OF
| woman was found lying across
timber with one arm completely
| gore and the lower limbs all cut a7d man
| pl,d. The head was found among the
| tangled iron and fragments OF the car
| few feet away. Some OF those who were
| lightly injured were so dazed after being
| tai en- out that they could not realize wba
| bad occurred. cue man was seen TO walt
| IRON the wreck in the direction OF Roslin
| dale. When about dozen yards from th'
| wreck he fell dead, either from excitemen
or internal injuries.
| MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
Daniel Roundy. OF Roslindlle, had mos
| remarkable experience, and hi. escdp
| rom death Is considered miraculous. Ill
| yss in the smokipe car. and was pi1yin.
| cards with Ed. snow, Harry Gay, auI
sergeant Lailler. The crash came, an'
| tie next thing he knew he was on IN
muddy street absolutely uniniured AM
| poldiug in his band the queen Of diamonds
| WHICH was covered with blood. His TIRE
companions had all been killed.
THE INJURED.
| II is impossible 10 obtain an ABSOLUTELY
correct account Of the number injured, on
| II will reach one hundred or more. U
these al least twenty-five are quite badl
burt. and the reminder received onl.
slight bruises.
THE KILLED.
The following is q revised list OF tn
killed and those who have died OF their ID
juTi6s:
Conductor Myron Tilden, OF Dedham.
Alice Burnett, OF Roslindale; aged six
teen years.
william johnson, OF ROsIindale, VIC
Inst.
Mrs. Hormidas Cardinal, Of Roslindal'
| Mr.. Clapp. Central station, West RoS
bury; twenty-one years old.
Miss Norris West, OF Roxbury.
Edward f. Norris, OF Dedham, lrelgt
clerk OF the Boston and Providence raj
road.
Edgar NJ. snow. sprins.street stitior
West Roxbury.
Waldo h. Lailtr, police officer, sprinl
street station.
Lizzie Vaudeville. Of Dedham.
Lizzie Walton, Of Dedham.
William :. Strong, internal Injuries
died after removal TO the City Hospital.
William Il. Durham, badly crushed